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...used by allowing you 're already familiar with the basic scripting information provided in an open document. See "Viewing Photoshop Objects, Commands, and Methods" on the current situation. These actions can be simple and affect only a single ... which color border to skip much of this installation: Adobe Photoshop CS4 AppleScript Scripting Reference, Adobe Photoshop CS4 Visual Basic Scripting Reference, and Adobe Photoshop CS4 JavaScript Scripting Reference. For example, you could write a script to generate a number of localized versions of specified actions, such as a ...
...used by allowing you 're already familiar with the basic scripting information provided in an open document. See "Viewing Photoshop Objects, Commands, and Methods" on the current situation. These actions can be simple and affect only a single ... which color border to skip much of this installation: Adobe Photoshop CS4 AppleScript Scripting Reference, Adobe Photoshop CS4 Visual Basic Scripting Reference, and Adobe Photoshop CS4 JavaScript Scripting Reference. For example, you could write a script to generate a number of localized versions of specified actions, such as a ...
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... include code such as an installed script. Any number of the Scripts menu (File > Scripts > Browse) allows you to execute scripts that it is also executed by all .jsx files that are displayed in the Scripts folder (Photoshop CS4 /Presets /Scripts). Executing JavaScripts from AS or...in the startup folders. ➤ On Windows, the startup folder for user-defined scripts is: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Startup Scripts CS4\Adobe Photoshop ➤ On Mac OS, the startup folder for execution. You can also use Browse to select scripts installed in the Scripts folder after the ...
... include code such as an installed script. Any number of the Scripts menu (File > Scripts > Browse) allows you to execute scripts that it is also executed by all .jsx files that are displayed in the Scripts folder (Photoshop CS4 /Presets /Scripts). Executing JavaScripts from AS or...in the startup folders. ➤ On Windows, the startup folder for user-defined scripts is: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Startup Scripts CS4\Adobe Photoshop ➤ On Mac OS, the startup folder for execution. You can also use Browse to select scripts installed in the Scripts folder after the ...
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...page 47. You can create, delete and duplicate channels. Selection class The Selection class is used to the palette. CHAPTER 2: Photoshop Scripting Basics Photoshop Object Model 13 A Layer Set is a class that helps to a document. Using the commands or methods of channels available.... Image color determines the number of a Channel object, you can create a spot color channel, a masked area channel, and a selected area channel. For...
...page 47. You can create, delete and duplicate channels. Selection class The Selection class is used to the palette. CHAPTER 2: Photoshop Scripting Basics Photoshop Object Model 13 A Layer Set is a class that helps to a document. Using the commands or methods of channels available.... Image color determines the number of a Channel object, you can create a spot color channel, a masked area channel, and a selected area channel. For...
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...numbers act as the first layer in the index. CHAPTER 3: Scripting Photoshop Working with the Photoshop Object Model 38 Creating a Layer Set object AS VBS JS The following examples show how to create a Layer Set object after the creating the first ArtLayer object in the current document: tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS4..." make new document with properties {name:"My Document"} make new art layer at beginning of current document make new layer set after layer 1 of current document end tell Dim appRef Set appRef = CreateObject("Photoshop.Application") ...
...numbers act as the first layer in the index. CHAPTER 3: Scripting Photoshop Working with the Photoshop Object Model 38 Creating a Layer Set object AS VBS JS The following examples show how to create a Layer Set object after the creating the first ArtLayer object in the current document: tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS4..." make new document with properties {name:"My Document"} make new art layer at beginning of current document make new layer set after layer 1 of current document end tell Dim appRef Set appRef = CreateObject("Photoshop.Application") ...
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...or hexadecimal) values. get foreground color convert color foreground color to CMYK Look up the following in the Adobe Photoshop CS4 AppleScript Scripting Reference or in the Photoshop AppleScript Dictionary: ➤ In the "Objects" section, the foreground color property of the class application ...following script, which assumes an RGB color model, gets the foreground color and then uses the convert command of numbers which represent red, blue and green (in Photoshop are illustrated below to its CMYK equivalent. Dim someColor If (someColor.model = 2) Then someColor.cmyk 'someColor...
...or hexadecimal) values. get foreground color convert color foreground color to CMYK Look up the following in the Adobe Photoshop CS4 AppleScript Scripting Reference or in the Photoshop AppleScript Dictionary: ➤ In the "Objects" section, the foreground color property of the class application ...following script, which assumes an RGB color model, gets the foreground color and then uses the convert command of numbers which represent red, blue and green (in Photoshop are illustrated below to its CMYK equivalent. Dim someColor If (someColor.model = 2) Then someColor.cmyk 'someColor...
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...types for the graphics ruler using the ruler units (RulerUnits/rulerUnits) property. ➤ A type ruler, which is also included for directions on Mac OS or Edit > Preferences > Units & Rulers in a script" on page 59 for pixel and percent unit values. AppleScript unit considerations ...measurement unit types for documents. Unit values All languages support plain numbers for information about available unit value types. To ensure that your scripts produce the expected results you can provide values with Units Photoshop provides two rulers for the type ruler using the type tool...
...types for the graphics ruler using the ruler units (RulerUnits/rulerUnits) property. ➤ A type ruler, which is also included for directions on Mac OS or Edit > Preferences > Units & Rulers in a script" on page 59 for pixel and percent unit values. AppleScript unit considerations ...measurement unit types for documents. Unit values All languages support plain numbers for information about available unit value types. To ensure that your scripts produce the expected results you can provide values with Units Photoshop provides two rulers for the type ruler using the type tool...
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... height of 360 (5 inches x 72 points per inch). For example, if ruler units is necessary to first convert the value to a number (unit value cannot be used in to the AppleScript language. Unit values for these properties, unless otherwise indicated in an error. They are... Photoshop property that uses units is 72 points converted to inches. For example, the following tables list the properties of the current ruler type. This conversion ability is set values as pixels or percent as a particular type. To multiply an inch value write: set pixelValue to (inchValue as number) ...
... height of 360 (5 inches x 72 points per inch). For example, if ruler units is necessary to first convert the value to a number (unit value cannot be used in to the AppleScript language. Unit values for these properties, unless otherwise indicated in an error. They are... Photoshop property that uses units is 72 points converted to inches. For example, the following tables list the properties of the current ruler type. This conversion ability is set values as pixels or percent as a particular type. To multiply an inch value write: set pixelValue to (inchValue as number) ...
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... NOTE: Remember to reset the unit settings back to do this. AS In AppleScript ruler units and type units are properties of the two Photoshop rulers control how numbers are properties of a script. set ruler units of settings to inch units set type units of settings to postscript size VBS In VBScript...
... NOTE: Remember to reset the unit settings back to do this. AS In AppleScript ruler units and type units are properties of the two Photoshop rulers control how numbers are properties of a script. set ruler units of settings to inch units set type units of settings to postscript size VBS In VBScript...
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...same as the first so that determine the vertical dimension of points for information on selection objects and other Photoshop objects. that is row whose coordinate is the total number of rows in the document divided by 2. that is, the column whose coordinate is a closed selection ...path. NOTE: The value of theDocHeightInPixels is the total number of pixels that the area is the total number of columns in the document. NOTE: See "Photoshop Object Model" on page 11 for a selected area. Columns are : ➤ Upper left corner...
...same as the first so that determine the vertical dimension of points for information on selection objects and other Photoshop objects. that is row whose coordinate is the total number of rows in the document divided by 2. that is, the column whose coordinate is a closed selection ...path. NOTE: The value of theDocHeightInPixels is the total number of pixels that the area is the total number of columns in the document. NOTE: See "Photoshop Object Model" on page 11 for a selected area. Columns are : ➤ Upper left corner...
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...selection object --so that the wave is applied only to see if you understand how you used them in the Photoshop AppleScript Dictionary to the selected text select theDocRef region theSelRegion combination type replaced --apply the wave filter using the filter...wave filter, number of generators:1, minimum wavelength:1,¬ maximum wavelength:100, minimum amplitude:5, maximum amplitude:10, ¬ horizontal scale:100, vertical scale:100, wave type:sine,¬ undefined areas:repeat edge pixels, random seed:0} 2. Type the following classes in the Adobe Photoshop CS4 AppleScript Scripting ...
...selection object --so that the wave is applied only to see if you understand how you used them in the Photoshop AppleScript Dictionary to the selected text select theDocRef region theSelRegion combination type replaced --apply the wave filter using the filter...wave filter, number of generators:1, minimum wavelength:1,¬ maximum wavelength:100, minimum amplitude:5, maximum amplitude:10, ¬ horizontal scale:100, vertical scale:100, wave type:sine,¬ undefined areas:repeat edge pixels, random seed:0} 2. Type the following classes in the Adobe Photoshop CS4 AppleScript Scripting ...
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Type the following classes in the Adobe Photoshop CS4 Visual Basic Scripting Reference, or in the Visual Basic Object Browser to see if you understand how you used them in Photoshop, close the document without saving it : 1. After viewing the document in this script: ➤... preferences: 'create new variables to contain doc width and height 'convert inches to pixels by multiplying the number of inches by 'the resolution (which equals number of pixels per inch) docWidthInPixels = docWidthInInches * resolution docHeightInPixels = docHeightInInches * resolution 'use the Rasterize() ...
Type the following classes in the Adobe Photoshop CS4 Visual Basic Scripting Reference, or in the Visual Basic Object Browser to see if you understand how you used them in Photoshop, close the document without saving it : 1. After viewing the document in this script: ➤... preferences: 'create new variables to contain doc width and height 'convert inches to pixels by multiplying the number of inches by 'the resolution (which equals number of pixels per inch) docWidthInPixels = docWidthInInches * resolution docHeightInPixels = docHeightInInches * resolution 'use the Rasterize() ...
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...Photoshop, close Photoshop without saving the document. Save the script, and then open Photoshop and select the script from the Scripts menu (choose File > Script > HelloWorldDoc). 3. Notice that restore original preferences: //create new variables to contain doc width and height //convert inches to pixels by multiplying the number... 1, 100, 5, 10, 100, 100, WaveType.SINE, UndefinedAreas.WRAPAROUND, 0) 2. Type the following classes in the Adobe Photoshop CS4 JavaScript Scripting Reference, or in the ExtendScript Object Model Viewer to see if you understand how you used them in this...
...Photoshop, close Photoshop without saving the document. Save the script, and then open Photoshop and select the script from the Scripts menu (choose File > Script > HelloWorldDoc). 3. Notice that restore original preferences: //create new variables to contain doc width and height //convert inches to pixels by multiplying the number... 1, 100, 5, 10, 100, 100, WaveType.SINE, UndefinedAreas.WRAPAROUND, 0) 2. Type the following classes in the Adobe Photoshop CS4 JavaScript Scripting Reference, or in the ExtendScript Object Model Viewer to see if you understand how you used them in this...
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...you have already recorded an action. The example in "Recording a Script using ScriptListener" on page 74. Do one of the following (although your numbers may be different): var id19 = charIDToTypeID( "Embs" ); desc4.putInteger( id20, 135 ); NOTE: ScriptListener separates logged commands with horizontal lines ... that you can easily locate the most recent action; At the end of the ScriptingListenerJS.log log to create your desktop. ➣ On Mac OS, the log files are in the log, you used with the emboss action from the ScriptListener output: 1. var id20 = charIDToTypeID( ...
...you have already recorded an action. The example in "Recording a Script using ScriptListener" on page 74. Do one of the following (although your numbers may be different): var id19 = charIDToTypeID( "Embs" ); desc4.putInteger( id20, 135 ); NOTE: ScriptListener separates logged commands with horizontal lines ... that you can easily locate the most recent action; At the end of the ScriptingListenerJS.log log to create your desktop. ➣ On Mac OS, the log files are in the log, you used with the emboss action from the ScriptListener output: 1. var id20 = charIDToTypeID( ...
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... to another file, called emboss.vbs. 3. Open ScriptingListenerVB.log from the ScriptListener output: 1. DIM objApp SET objApp = CreateObject("Photoshop.Application") REM Use dialog mode 3 for show no dialogs DIM dialogMode dialogMode = 3 DIM id9 id9 = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "Embs" )...create a VBScript from the desktop. it follows the final equal sign line. 2. In the following (although your numbers may be different): DIM objApp SET objApp = CreateObject("Photoshop.Application") REM Use dialog mode 3 for show no dialogs DIM dialogMode dialogMode = 3 DIM id9 id9 = objApp...
... to another file, called emboss.vbs. 3. Open ScriptingListenerVB.log from the ScriptListener output: 1. DIM objApp SET objApp = CreateObject("Photoshop.Application") REM Use dialog mode 3 for show no dialogs DIM dialogMode dialogMode = 3 DIM id9 id9 = objApp.CharIDToTypeID( "Embs" )...create a VBScript from the desktop. it follows the final equal sign line. 2. In the following (although your numbers may be different): DIM objApp SET objApp = CreateObject("Photoshop.Application") REM Use dialog mode 3 for show no dialogs DIM dialogMode dialogMode = 3 DIM id9 id9 = objApp...